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Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume 3, Issue 260, 14 January 1879, Page 2

LATEST EUROPEAN.

(Special.) London, Jan. 8. Money is in less demand; rates are dropping. Market rate of discount, three months' bills, 5 per cent. The stock market is buoyant, Consols, 95£. The market for Colonial Government debentures is quiet. The South Australian loan was fully subscribed. The number of tenders lodged was 3.00, and the average price tendered £88 ss. Bank dividends generally are smaller than last year. The corn market shows a downward tendency. Adelaide wheat is neglected —selling according to quality, 39s to 50s; New Zealand, according to .quality 41s to 455. * Jan. 6. The Macedonian insurrection , has been crushed. The Turkish troops are said to have committed frightful atrocities .- Jan. 7. Mr Porster, at Bradford, made a severe attack on the foreign policy of the Government. He hoped the next general elections would condemn the' Imperialist policy, which-might lead to war throughout the world. . . Bombay, Jan. 9. General A. Roberts successfully - attacked and completely defeated the Afighans at Khost. They were massed in considerable numbers, and received severe losses. The casualties on the British side were slight. Salutary effects are expected from this victory. [Reuters Telegrams.] Paris, Jan. 6. The French Senatorial elections give a great Republican triumph. Fifteen Conservatives and sixty-four Republi- . cans were returned.. Cape Town, Jan. 9. The frontier disputes at the Cape have been settledin favour of the Zulus. London, Jan. 9. New Zealand Fives, 99.